Think performers wielding iconic props like blasters and light sabers, R2-D2 making it rain by firing cash in the air, and Han Solo gyrating to “Smooth Criminal,” to screams that reach the edge of the galaxy.
Shows
Carlos Santana returned to the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay for the first time since he called out of his performances Sept. 25-Oct. 6 because of back problems.
Don “Pops” Friend has been playing senior living centers for 30 years. He’s not done yet.
“Jersey Boys” consulting company and box office manager Red Mercury Entertainment has left the building.
Jennifer Tuft, a visionary behind Particle Ink, carries an optimism founded when she was a kid watching “Sesame Street.”
Veteran boxing analyst Al Bernstein is joining DAZN, among the largest boxing platforms internationally.
Pete Barbutti hosted the show, which was syndicated in Canada, taped in Calgary, and ran for 130 episodes. He is coming to Las Vegas.
GM and comic headliner Harry Basil says this isn’t the end of the Laugh Factory in Las Vegas, just at the Tropicana.
Dead and Company follows U2, closing in March, and Phish at the Sphere.
Confident and in command, Christina Aguilera opened her series at Voltaire on NYE weekend.
Toby Keith has brought the party the Strip for nearly two decades, even when he wasn’t present.
Mike Davis says of leaving More for SSSEN, “It’s the opportunity to become the first-ever employee of this upstart sports organization.”
Lady Gaga honored Tony Bennett in her first “Jazz + Piano” show since Bennett’s death July 21.
Titled “Las Vegas Will You Marry Me,” the city’s 70th anniversary celebration as the “Wedding Capital of the World” is set for September at Caesars Palace.
Jon Lovitz and Paul Reubens intersected at the peak of their popularity.
Transfix, featuring several international artists, opens in April on the Enchant site.
The Rogers Foundation chair Beverly Rogers says of her namesake theater, “We want to know what we can add. We want you to tell us if we could live without something.”